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American experience: the abolitionists [videorecording] / by Artist Not Provided.; Rapley, Rob.; Taylor, Paul.(CARDINAL)177202; PBS Distribution.;
Narrator, Oliver Platt.Radicals. Agitators. Troublemakers. Liberators. Called may names, the abolitionists tore the nation apart in order to create a more perfect union. Men and women, black and white, Northerners and Southerners, poor and wealthy, these passionate ant-slavery activists fought body and soul in the most important civil rights crusade in American history.Rating: TVPG.DVD, Region 1, widescreen, 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Slavery; Abolitionists;
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Buffalo Bill [videorecording] by Chin, Michael.; Cramer, Richard Ben.(CARDINAL)364027; Goodman, Joel.(CARDINAL)518246; Rapley, Rob.; Hidden Hill Productions.; PBS Home Video.(CARDINAL)218235; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)(CARDINAL)154259;
Director of photography, Michael Chin ; editor, Penny Elliott Hays ; music, Joel Goodman.Narrator, Richard Ben Cramer.Explore how William "Buffalo Bill" Cody's legendary exploits helped create a myth that endures even today. Features the life of the master showman who became part of American history.MPAA: Not rated.DVD, region 1.
Subjects: Biographical television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show; Entertainers; Frontier and pioneer life; Pioneers;
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Flood in the desert [videorecording] / by Harrold, Emily,television producer.; Rapley, Rob,television director,television producer.; Apograph Productions,producing company.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)309769;
Composer, Nathan Halpern.Narrated by Andre Braugher.Explore the story of the March 1928 St. Francis Dam collapse, the second deadliest dasters in California history. The flood killed more than 400 people, destroyed millions of dollars of property and washed away the reputation of William Mulholland, one of Southern California's most celebrated men.DVD, region 1 NTSC, wide screen; stereo.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Dam failures; Floodplains; Floods;
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Voice of freedom [videorecording] / by Goldsberry, Renée Elise,1971-narrator.(CARDINAL)347262; Harrold, Emily,television producer.; Rapley, Rob,screenwriter,television director,television producer.; Apograph Productions,production company.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)309769; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),publisher.(CARDINAL)189964;
Director of photography, Jeremy Brockman ; editor, Steve J. Golliday ; music, Tom Phillips.Narrator, Renee Elise Goldsberry.Follow the story of singer Marian Anderson, whose talent broke down barriers around the world. Narrated by Ren©♭e Elise Goldsberry, Voice of Freedom interweaves Anderson's rich life story with this landmark moment in history, exploring fundamental questions about talent, race, fame, democracy and the American soul.MPAA rating: Not rated.DVD, wide screen presentation, NTSC, stereo.
Subjects: Biographical television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993.; African American women singers; Civil rights; Race discrimination; Racism and the arts; Singers; Women singers; Women;
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Murder of a president [videorecording] / by Rapley, Rob,screenwriter,television producer,television director.; Haberman, Stephanie,television producer.; Lord, Kathryn,television producer.; Murphy, Michael,1938-narrator.; Television adaptation of (work):Miller, Candice.Destiny of the republic.; Apograph Productions,production company.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)309769;
Featuring, Shuler Hensley, Kathryn Erbe, Will Janowitz.Narrator, Michael Murphy.Recounts the assassination and excruciating final months of President James Garfield's life. A brilliant scholar, courageous general, and fervent abolitionist, Garfield never wanted the job of president. But once in office, he worked tirelessly to reunite a nation still divided 15 years after the Civil War. As he lay dying, the North and South came together to pray for his recovery.Rating: TV-PG.DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (16x9); 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Biographical television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Television adaptations.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881; Presidents;
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Reconstruction [videorecording] : America after the Civil War / by Rapley, Rob,television director,television producer.; Gates, Henry Louis,Jr.,narrator.(CARDINAL)162666; Lund, Mark,actor.; Winslow, Andia,on-screen participant.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),publisher.(CARDINAL)189964; PBS Distribution (Firm),film distributor.(CARDINAL)309769;
DVD, wide screen.Henry Louis Gates Jr., narrator.TV rating: TV-PG.Henry Louis Gates Jr. presents an examination of one of the most consequential and least understood chapters in U.S. history when, after the Civil War, the nation struggled to reunite North and South while living up to the promise of citizenship for millions of freed African Americans.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Television mini-series.; Nonfiction television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877);
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The poisoner's handbook [videorecording] : killer chemistry / by Rapley, Rob,film director,film producer,screenwriter.; Ferrari, Michelle,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)536489; Platt, Oliver,narrator.; Cragg, Tim,cinematographer.; Kleszy, Don,film editor.; Halpern, Nathan,composer.; Blum, Deborah,1954-commentator.(CARDINAL)332950; Blum, Deborah,1954-Poisoner's handbook.; American Experience Films,presenter.; Apograph Productions,production company.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),publisher.(CARDINAL)189964; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.),production company.(CARDINAL)154259;
Edited by Don Kleszy ; cinematography by Tim Cragg ; music, Nathan Halpern.Narrated by Oliver Platt ; featured expert, Deborah Blum.Tells the story of the dawn of forensic investigation, focusing on a number of cases of death by poisoning as well as accidental death by exposure to deadly chemicals. Examines the pioneering efforts of New York's first medical examiner Charles Norris and his assistant, toxicologist Alexander Gettler.Rating: Not rated.DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Medical television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Biographical television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Norris, Charles, 1867-1935.; Gettler, Alexander, 1883-1968.; New York (N.Y.). Office of Chief Medical Examiner.; Forensic Toxicology; History, 20th Century; Poisoning; Chemistry, Forensic; Forensic toxicology; Norris, Charles, 1867-1935.; Gettler, Alexander, 1883-1968.; New York (N.Y.). Office of Chief Medical Examiner.; Medical examiners (Law); Toxicologists; Poisoning;
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The secret of Tuxedo Park [videorecording] / by Conant, Jennet,consultant.(CARDINAL)350954; Fedde, R. A.,editor of moving image work.; Habtezghi, Nazenet,1977-television producer.; Phillips, Tom,composer (expression)(CARDINAL)270846; Rapley, Rob,television director,television producer,screenwriter.; Scott, Campbell,narrator.(CARDINAL)348468; Squires, Buddy,director of photography.; Based on (work):Conant, Jennet.Tuxedo Park.; American Experience Films,production company.; Apograph Productions,production company.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),publisher.(CARDINAL)189964; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.),production company.(CARDINAL)154259;
Editor, R.A. Fedde ; cinematography, Buddy Squires ; music, Tom Phillips ; consultant, Jennet Contant.Narrator, Campbell Scott.In the fall of 1940, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered a small team of scientists on a clandestine transatlantic mission to deliver his country’s most valuable military secret, a revolutionary radar component, not to the U.S. government, but to a mysterious Wall Street tycoon, Alfred Lee Loomis. Using his connections, his money, and his brilliant scientific mind, Loomis and his team of scientists developed radar technology that would arguably play a more decisive role than any other weapon in the war. The Secret of Tuxedo Park tells a long-overlooked story of an individual who helped alter the course of history in World War II.DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Biographical television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Television series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Loomis, Alfred L. (Alfred Lee), 1887-1975.; Airplanes, Military; Atomic bomb; Inventors; Military research; Physicists; Radar in aeronautics.; Radar; Research; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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The abolitionists [videorecording] / by Brooks, Richard,1962-act; Chimples, John.flm; Cragg, Tim.cng; Grimberg, Sharon.pro; Huff, Neal.act; Hughes, R. Mark.ard; Mitterlehner, Akeime.ard; Newhall, Deborah.cst; Phillips, Tom.cmp(CARDINAL)270846; Platt, Oliver.nrt(CARDINAL)785819; Rapley, Rob.ausprodrt; Serralles, Jeanine.act; Sheil, Kate Lyn.act; Smith, T. Ryder.act(CARDINAL)557505; Tunsil, Aljernon.flm; Viola, Elise.ard; Williams, Jim.std(CARDINAL)645564; American Experience Films.; Apograph Productions.; PBS Distribution (Firm)(CARDINAL)309769; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)(CARDINAL)154259; WGBH Educational Foundation.(CARDINAL)132712;
MARCIVE 7/2/13Part 1. (54 min.) Introduction -- Angelina's religious struggle -- Slavery and the American economy -- The Liberator -- The postal campaign -- Garrison faces a mob -- Angelina & Theodore Weld -- Leaving the American anti-slavery society.Part 2. (54 min.) Introduction -- Douglass escapes slavery -- Douglass flees to Great Britain -- The North Star -- Harriet's loss -- The great compromise -- Uncle Tom's cabin.Part 3. (54 min.) Introduction -- Battle over Kansas -- Raid on Harpers Ferry -- The Civil War begins -- The Emancipation Proclamation -- Victory.Edited by John Chimples, Aljernon Tunsil ; cinematography by Tim Cragg ; original music, Tom Phillips ; production designer, Akeime Mitterlehner ; costume designer, Deborah Newhall ; art directors, R. Mark Hughes, Elise Viola ; set decorator, Jim Williams ; executive producer, Sharon Grimberg.Featuring: Richard Brooks, Neal Huff, Jeanine Serralles, Kate Lyn Sheil, T. Ryder Smith ; narrated by Oliver Platt."Radicals. Agitators. Troublemakers. Liberators. Called many names, the abolitionists tore the nation apart in order to create a more perfect union. Men and women, black and white, Northerners and Southerners, poor and wealthy, these passionate anti-slavery activists fought body and soul in the most important civil rights crusade in American history"--Container.DVD, NTSC, Region 1, widescreen, 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Biographical television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Brown, John, 1800-1859.; Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.; Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879.; Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879.; Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.; Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Slavery;
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We shall remain [videorecording] : America through native eyes / by Akiaten, Marcos.; Blaylock, Josh.(CARDINAL)425930; Brannum, Julianna.; Bratt, Benjamin,1963-(CARDINAL)786139; Brown, Dwier.; Burns, Ric.(CARDINAL)202153; Colt, Sarah.; Craig, Dustinn.; Curliss, Keely.; Douglas, Freddy.; Eyre, Chris,1969-; Finley, Will.; French, Wesley.; Greyeyes, Michael.(CARDINAL)357064; Grimberg, Sharon.; Holland, Carla-Rae.; Irons, Nicholas.; Kusiak, John.; Leonard, Courtney.; Little, Michael David.; Makepeace, Anne.(CARDINAL)666484; Merasty, Billy.; Nelson, Rebecca.(CARDINAL)645271; Nelson, Stanley,1955-(CARDINAL)204613; Pearce, Jennifer.; Podleski, Emily.; Rapley, Rob.; Smith, Marcia.; Studi, Wes.(CARDINAL)219483; Weeden, Annawon.; Zwonitzer, Mark.(CARDINAL)431726; Apograph Productions.; Native American Public Telecommunications, Inc.; PBS Home Video.(CARDINAL)218235; Tecumseh LLC.; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)(CARDINAL)154259; WGBH Educational Foundation.(CARDINAL)132712;
Principal photography, Paul Goldsmith ; additional cinematography, Michael Chin, Dustinn Craig, Stephen McCarthy, Allen Moore, Eddie Marritz ; edited by John Chimples, William A. Anderson, Aljernon Tunsil, Lillian Benson, Li-Shin Yu, Penny Elliott Hays ; music by John Kusiak.Narrator, Benjamin Bratt.Reenactors for After the Mayflower: Marcos Akiaten, Nicholas Irons, Annawon Weeden.Reenactors for Tecumseh's vision: Billy Merasty, Michael Greyeyes, Dwier Brown.Reenactors for Trail of Tears: Wes Studi, Freddy Douglas, Josh Blaylock, Will Finley, Wesley French, Carla-Rae Holland, Emily Podleski."They were charismatic and forward thinking, imaginative and courageous, compassionate and resolute, and, at times, arrogant, vengeful and reckless. For hundreds of years, Native American leaders from Massasoit, Tecumseh, and Tenskwatawa, to Major Ridge, Geronimo, and Fools Crow valiantly resisted expulsion from their lands and fought the extinction of their culture. Sometimes, their strategies were militaristic, but more often they were diplomatic, spiritual, legal and political ... These five documentaries spanning almost four hundred years tell the story of pivotal moments in U.S. history from the Native American perspective, upending two-dimensional stereotypes of American Indians as simply ferocious warriors or peaceable lovers of the land" -- Container.Not rated.DVD-ROM system requirements: computer with a DVD-ROM drive & Adobe Acrobat Reader software.DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Geronimo, 1829-1909.; Tecumseh, Shawnee chief, 1768-1813.; American Indian Movement.; Indians of North America; Trail of Tears, 1838-1839.; Wampanoag Indians; White people;
"Limited public performance rights included ... May be shown in a classroom or screened by a public group, for educational purposes, when no admission is charged for the viewing. These programs may be transmitted on a closed-circuit system within a building or a single campus" -- Packaging.
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